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Regulations & guidelines

All European based banks that store human tissues and cells have to comply with the EU Cells and Tissue Directive. In the UK this is enforced by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA).

Cells4Life has been audited and licensed as a leading umbilical cord blood storage bank in the UK by the HTA, the UK’s regulatory body for tissue banking.

Cells4Life exceeds all minimum standards of ISO 9000 Good Laboratory Practice and Good Manufacturing Practice. All samples are tested according to the following statutory guidelines:

 

The statutes used by the HTA to audit against when licensing tissue banks


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